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Rh I’ve set afore you twa examples,

You maun allow, quite different samples;

A withered M— aye vexatious;

A blithsome W— always gracious:

Sae when ye gang to wale a wife,

Mind, that’s a bargain lasts for life;

If ye for tocher chuse your burdie,

Tak’ tent, an’ think on Katharine Murdie.

Be’t M, or W, that ye fix on,

I beg you shun a scauldin’ vixen;

If beauty tempt you— mind on Johnny

A pleasant wife is— always bonny!